~Tuesday's edition of The Mark Steyn Show offered a Coronacopia of news and comment, plus a prime minister in hospital, a cardinal out of jail, the loins of Longleat and an episode of "The Hundred Years Ago Show". You can hear the full show here.

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A new week at SteynOnline begins later today with our Song of the Week and the latest episode of A Journal of the Plague Year.